Sharon Special Town Meeting: High School Track Repairs, Billboard Use Approved
Articles that were voted down Monday night circled around the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the use of dental amalgam and granting special permit authority to the Sharon Planning Board in Sharon Center and the Wilbur School District.
Monday night's Special Town Meeting at Sharon High School covered a wide array of topics including zoning issues, simplifying some of the language in the bylaws, and how to best repair Sharon High School's running track. Some issues raised during the nearly four-hour meeting called into question the very purview of Town Meeting, like a warrant centered around the controversial Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Sharon resident Paul Lauenstein urged voters at the meeting to join more than 70 other Massachusetts communities in sending a resolution to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the ruling that granted corporations the same constitutional rights as people and decided that campaign contributions are a form a free speech, allowing …
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Joana Mabelle
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